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State Rep. Kurtis Gregory (R-Marshall) speaks on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on April 27, 2022 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) A mid-Missouri state lawmaker says his tax credit bill has the potential to bring film production back to Missouri. State Rep. Kurtis Grgeory …

It’s the Host Lions Ham and Bean and Chili Day! The Host Lions are serving box lunches of ham and beans or chili at Selinger Center at St. Peter Church in Jefferson City. 11am to 1:30pm and again from 4pm to 6:30 today (wed). There’s a convenient drive through. All …

The massive October 22, 2022 blaze in rural Wooldridge burned about 3,000 acres (file photo from 939 the Eagle listener Stephen McBee) Missouri’s Senate President Pro Tem has met with Governor Mike Parson’s chief of staff to discuss possible state assistance for fire-damaged Wooldridge. State Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) is …

The former chief of the Cole County Fire Protection District passes away. Donnie Braun died Sunday. He was 82. Braun was one of the original founding members of the Cole County Volunteer Department back in the late 1960’s. Services for Donnie Braun are Thursday at 3:30-pm with a prayer service …

(AP) — The city of St. Louis will pay nearly $5 – million to settle claims by people who were arrested during a protest in 2017 over the acquittal of a police officer in the shooting death of a Black man. According to a proposed class action settlement filed last week, the …

No one is hurt in a fire at a Jefferson City rental business. Crew were called out around 10 – Monday morning after employees spotted fire at US Rents It on Industrial Drive. Fire and smoke spread to the upper floor. Everyone got out safely. The investigation continues. There’s no …

A Boone County judge has set bond at $1-million for 37-year-old Dr. Travis Birkhead of Columbia (October 2022 mug shot courtesy of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department website) Bond has been set at $1-million cash-only for a Columbia physician charged with raping a woman he met at a bar in October. …

Then-State Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) speaks on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on May 2, 2022 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) A bench trial is set for this (Monday) afternoon at the Boone County Courthouse in the case of a former prominent Missouri lawmaker …

Columbia’s Rock Bridge high school is near Providence road (2021 file photo is courtesy of CPS spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark) Overnight freezing rain and drizzle has caused Columbia Public Schools (CPS) and the Jefferson City School District to have a two-hour delayed start this (Monday) morning. That means CPS school buses …

UM System President Dr. Mun Choi says he wants to see a “championship culture” at Mizzou Athletics, and praises the job athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois is doing in working to achieve that. President Choi joined host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable.” …